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Date:      Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:32:13 -0500
From:      "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xdm background ?
Message-ID:  <20041017203213.58c649c6@dolphin.local.net>
In-Reply-To: <200410180130.24762.h@erathia.be>
References:  <200410180032.05196.h@erathia.be> <20041017181147.0b7ca58d@dolphin.local.net> <200410180130.24762.h@erathia.be>

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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:30:24 +0200, h <h@erathia.be> wrote:

> that displays the picture until i press a key, then displays the login
> box with the awful black and white frame in the background.
> 
> i'm trying to display the picture in the background of the login box
> and console log, and have it displayed until my wm shows up, kde
> style. how do i achieve this ?

Are you using the "-root" switch as well with xv?

> On Monday 18 October 2004 01:11, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:32:05 +0200, h <h@erathia.be> wrote:
> > > how do you add a background picture to xdm ?
> > >
> > > so far i tried xli and xv in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0, both
> > > don't allow the login box to pop up.
> >
> > Add the "-quit" switch to xv to have it exit after setting the root
> > window's image.
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-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"



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